Beauty and the Beast. The Little Mermaid. Finding Nemo. Monsters Inc. Just like The Lion King, Disney is going to ruin even more animated gems from their catalogue with 3D. Ugh. If they touch Peter Pan, I’m unloading my imaginary stockpile of molotov cocktails. [Deadline]
EckyThump
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 11:21 AMConverting 2D movies to 3D should be illegal! It just plain ruins the movie, and lowers the expectations on real 3D movies! #[
Allegoryator
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 2:48 PMIllegal, you say? If you don’t like something, it should be illegal. I can see you’ve thought long and hard about this issue, Ecky. As usual.
EckyThump
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 5:02 PMGutless
Nathan
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 11:22 AMAs soon as it made 35million on opening weekend of re-release I knew it was all over.
My sources tell me Aladdin is next.
Do you think other studios wont follow, just run their movies through the 3D software and profit.
Look for Lucas to release the original uncut and un-changed, digitally remastered, Star Wars films to come to out now, but in 3D. I can see the fanboys screaming bloody murder right now.
TSH
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 11:27 AMSurely with “Finding Nemo” and “Monsters, Inc.” they can basically re-render the entire feature with offset “virtual cameras”, resulting in a high-fidelity version that is as good as if it were originally “filmed” in 3D? This is the big advantage of modern 3D animation: all the project files and properties are there and can be re-used with relatively little effort.
I don’t agree with the “3D-ising” of classics like “Beauty and the Beast” or “The Little Mermaid”. They should just be left as-is. Having said that, I wouldn’t complain if they wanted to do an entirely new, and more true-to-the-story remake…
The Gremlin
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 5:48 PMEven then those movies were not made with 3D in mind, so they will be sub-par in all cases. Not that actual 3D movies are any good.
Jo
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 12:02 PMNooooooooooooooo!
amfomy
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 1:31 PMhey, as long as these classics are being released on (2D) bluray disc, then I’m fine with whatever Disney does with their catalogue. There’s always Dreamworks..
Matt
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 1:46 PMMy Samsung telly has a fake 3D mode, surely watching the original Lion King with that mode enabled would be the same as watching Disney’s 3D version. It’s not like they’re going to reanimate the entire friggin thing. Sheesh, leave the classics alone.
If people created movies with 3D from the start, then it wouldn’t have such a bad name. It’s all this ‘fake’ crap they’re adding in which ruins it.
The Gremlin
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 5:47 PMThis will be remembered as the infamous movie colorizing craze of the eighties. With profound shame that is.
Rituparno
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 10:31 PM3D lovers can now easily convert a 2D movie into 3D – http://liveoncampus.com/wire/show/3114262?utm_source=Blog&utm_medium=Seeding&utm_campaign=Ritu
Tony
Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 6:36 PMPlease hold back your initial gut instinct to flame me… but, I don’t understand – what wrong with making a cartoon 3D? They’re not changing anything in the movie, just making it 3D. It’s not like Boba Fett shot first or something.
For years, Technicolor did a wonderous thing in converting old black and white footage to colour. It was mindblowingly awesome. Why is this different?
Recka
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 9:44 PMI agree, if you don’t like it, don’t watch it
WOW THAT’S HARD! Seriously. I think it’s a good little gimmick, sure it’s not re-drawn in 3D or whatever, and someone may not like it but that doesn’t mean it ruins the movie. Some people like it and why not just leave them be? I’m glad you have some sense Tony, no one else seems to get the “don’t like it? Don’t watch it” thing…